• I think water is taken from the ocean. I think they use a machine that takes salt out the water so that you can drink it.

Isabelle Scott, 2/3 multiage, Battle Ground

• I think water is made of ice that they put in the freezer, and it turns to water in 24 hours.

Adrianne Tolen, 2/3 multiage, Battle Ground

• I think it is made of clouds. If they get too big . . . POP! Here comes the rain!

Brinley Melchi, 2/3 multiage, Battle Ground

• Chemicals mixed together...like carbon dioxide and hydrogen.

Michael Balser, grade 3, Edgelea

• Water is made by the Pacific Ocean and travels through pipes.

Christopher Blount, grade 3, Edgelea

• Cells that bubble and mix to make water.

Arianna Dilling, grade 3, Edgelea

• Water is made of gases.

Austin McFarland, grade 3, Edgelea

• I think iron. When we get the bad water I ask, “Why does this taste so bad?” My mom says because of the iron.

Connor Hill, grade 5, Burnett Creek

• I think water is made of many particles including oxygen.

Samantha Mohr, grade 5, Burnett Creek

• Chemicals and different types of liquids and gases.

Crystal Dobrowski, grade 5, Burnett Creek

• Lots of hot air that has turned into a liquid.

McKenna Boersma, grade 5, Burnett Creek

• Liquid and purified water.

Paige Sullivan, grade 5, Burnett Creek

• Ice when it melts.

Justin Corbin, grade 3, Edgelea

• Air, oxygen, and hydrogen.

Morgan McNew, grade 3, Edgelea

• Water is made from two things. Air is made in clouds then it rains. Some of the rain is used to make water.

Kaelyn Staggs, grade 3, Edgelea

• Sodium and liquid.

Abram Ritchie, grade 3, Edgelea

• A lot of molecules pushed together.

Lorenzo Allen-Felluga, grade 3, New Community School

• A liquid and a type of chemical.

Natalie Burson, grade 3, New Community School

• I guess it is made out of invisible liquid.

Shea Keeton, grade 2, New Community School

• A bunch of minerals.

Katherine Root, grade 3, New Community School

• Water is made out of salt water. It is just clean.

Ella Starkey, grade 2, New Community School

• My guess is liquid made with oil.

Elizabeth Brown, grade 2, New Community School

• Water is H + 2 + O = H2O.

Caleb White, grade 4, New Community School

• I think water has metal in it.

Gavin Douglas, grade 4, New Community School

• Water is made of pee.

Alexandra Props, grade 4, New Community School

• Vitamins and minerals. It’s also made of vapor and atoms.

Devin Carter, grade 5, Mayfower Mill

• Different gases mixed together.

Maggie Pinkney, grade 5, Mayfower Mill

• Have you ever gone to a pool, gotten on the highest diving board, and jumped into the water? It kind of feels like jumping through Jell-O. I believe water is made of tiny particles mixed with atoms.

Abby Frost, grade 5, Mayfower Mill

• Water comes from clouds, rivers, lakes, oceans and underground. That’s all I know about water. Oh yeah…water is made of atoms…an awesome material.

Avery Gage, grade 5, Mayfower Mill

• I think water is when God cries out because people do bad stuff in the world, and if God is fighting with evil like when it’s raining really hard.

Lazaro Singh, grade 5, Mayfower Mill

• Water is made out of clouds that come together and get cloudy. When it rains, people take it, filter it, then put it in a bottle, then last, of course, they sell it!

Chase Stahl, grade 5, Mayfower Mill

There’s only one rule: Know Mr. Ruhl’s answer:

Water is one of the most amazing and unique substances on our planet. A single molecule of water is a very simple particle — just an oxygen atom with two hydrogen atoms attached to it. Because of its special properties (qualities), water can dissolve more substances than any other common liquid, so it dissolves the important molecules in our cells that allow our bodies to work and live. Compared to other substances, water takes a long time to heat up and then cool down, making it possible for the vast oceans to prevent fast, drastic temperature changes — another property of water that makes life on earth possible. Water reminds us that often the simplest things in life are the most important!

Joe Ruhl has shared the joys of science with young people for 35 years. He teaches biology, honors biology, genetics, and science research at Jefferson High School.

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If you had to guess...What is inside a battery that makes it power things? (Due Tuesday, May 6). Email responses to kids@jconline.com. Include student’s full name, gender, grade and school, or mail to Jennifer Christos, 217 N. Sixth St., Lafayette, IN 47901.

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